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Vasileostrovsky District
Vasileostrovsky District (russian: Василеостро́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625; down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census. Geography The district occupies the territories of Vasilyevsky and Dekabristov Islands and includes a smaller Serny Island. History The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917. Municipal divisions Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:Law #411-68 * #7 * Ostrov Dekabristov * Gavan * Morskoy * Vasilyevsky Transportation Vasilievsky island is connected to the mainland by 6 bridges, 2 bridge of the Western Rapid Diameter and 4 other bridges built before. Also on Vasilevsky island there are 3 underground stations, which are on the green line they are the Primorskaya and Vasileostrovskaya Vasileostrovkaya ''(russian: Василеостро́вская)'' - is a station o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavan Municipal Okrug
Gavan Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Гавань) is a municipal okrug in Vasileostrovsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ....Law #411-68 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 35,927, up from 35,766 recorded during the 2002 Census. References Notes Sources * {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Vasileostrovsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportivnaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Sportivnaya (russian: Спорти́вная) (literally - Sportage) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The station was designed by Alexander Konstantinov, Alexander Bystrov and Andrey Larionov. It opened on 15 September 1997 as part of the Pravoberezhnaya Line. Sportivnaya is the only two-level single-vault transfer metro station outside Washington D.C. The floors are connected by two groups of escalators, one of which is closed . The lower floor serves the southbound trains while the upper floor serves the northbound ones. The upper floor is linked to the station's exit to south-eastern side of Petrogradsky island. Since 27 May 2015 the lower floor house an entrance to a transfer corridor equipped with moving walkway which link the station to the exit on the north-eastern side of Vasilyevsky island. Nearby landmarks The station is located in close proximity to the Petrovsky Stadium, the former home stadium of the city's home footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Line 5 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, also known as ''Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line'' (russian: Фру́нзенско-Примо́рская ли́ния) or ''Purple Line'', is a newest rapid transit line in Saint Petersburg, Russia, opened in 2008, which connects the historical city centre to the northwestern and southern districts. It has 15 stations covering a total length of . Although it opened on 20 December 2008, parts of the line are considerably older. At its official opening in 2008, it included only two stations that opened concurrently with the line. On 7 March 2009, the Metro incorporated six existing stations of Line 4 (Pravoberezhnaya) into Line 5, expanding it to nine stations. Admiralteyskaya station, which is the deepest station in Russia and one of the deepest in the world, at 86 metres, opened on this line 2011. History History of construction Expansion plans that included the route of the current Line 5 first appeared in the 1980s. Construction beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasileostrovskaya
Vasileostrovkaya ''(russian: Василеостро́вская)'' - is a station on the Nevsko–Vasileostrovskaya Line in St Petersburg. It is named after Vasilyevsky Island Vasilyevsky Island (russian: Васи́льевский о́стров, Vasilyevsky Ostrov, V.O.) is an island in St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva Rivers (in the delta of the Neva River) in the south a ... where the station is located. External links * Saint Petersburg Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1967 Railway stations located underground in Russia {{Russia-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primorskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Primorskaya (russian: Примо́рская) is the station of the Nevsko–Vasileostrovskaya Line (Line 3) of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by V.N. Sokolov, M.I. Starodubov and V.A. Penno and opened on 28 September 1979. The opening of the station, situated in the western part of Vasilievsky Island, was designed to coincide with the expansion of the local neighborhoods. Like many stations built during the Cold War era, it was designed to double as a fallout shelter. Thus, the underground portion of the station features a set of blast doors a few meters before the escalator. The station's exit vestibule was eventually expanded to house one of the system's communication centers. The building also hosts a metro museum and Metropoliten cafe. Local landmarks It is also fairly close to Novosmolenskaya Cemetery, the city's first cemetery Recent developments and plans The station is slated to have a transfer link to the Pravoberezhnaya Line. The station it will link to wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line
Line 3 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, also known as ''Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line'' (russian: Не́вско-Василеостро́вская ли́ния) or ''Green Line'', is a rapid transit line in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which connects city centre with the western and southeastern districts. It was opened in 1967. Since 1994, it has been officially designated as Line 3. It stands out among Saint Petersburg metro lines for two reasons — its stations are almost exclusively of "Horizontal Lift" type and it has the longest inter-station tunnels in the entire system. Metro officials originally intended to add stations in-between the existing ones, but those plans were later abandoned. The line cuts Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Rapid Diameter
The Western High-Speed Diameter (ЗСД, ZSD, russian: Западный скоростной диаметр) is a toll motorway in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The first section of the road open to traffic was an eight-lane motorway connecting the southern section of the A118 beltway with two junctions at the Kirovsky and Moskovsky Districts, respectively. Other sections of the highway were under construction and eventually formed a corridor through the western districts of St. Petersburg to cross the northern portion of the A118 beltway in Yuntolovo and to meet the E-18/M-10 route at the Beloostrov junction. A new 4-km-long section of the highway was slated to open in late 2011. It connects the northern terminus of the first open segment with the industrial western part of the Kirovsky district which hosts the port of St. Petersburg. A 25-km-long section running from Beloostrov to the Primorsky District Primorsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilyevsky Municipal Okrug
Vasilyevsky Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Васи́льевский) is a municipal okrug in Vasileostrovsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia.Law #411-68 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 32,236, down from 32,793 recorded during the 2002 Census. Until May 2008 it was known as Municipal Okrug #8 (). In 2020 this district was one of the locations (along with Ostankino Tower, RKA Mission Control Center, Twitter headquarters in San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ..., and at least one Aeroflot flight) that were the subject of a bioterrorism threat posted by group of hackers including those with names of "Thomas Little E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morskoy Municipal Okrug
Morskoy Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Морской) is a municipal okrug in Vasileostrovsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ....Law #411-68 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 34,885, up from 31,555 recorded during the 2002 Census. References Notes Sources * {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Vasileostrovsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrov Dekabristov Municipal Okrug
Ostrov Dekabristov Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Остров Декабристов) is a municipal okrug in Vasileostrovsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ....Law #411-68 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 60,842, up from 53,882 recorded during the 2002 Census. References Notes Sources * {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Vasileostrovsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Saint Petersburg
The federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, is divided into eighteen ''rayony'' ("districts", russian: районы, singular: ''rayon''), which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements. Admiralteysky District Frunzensky District Kalininsky District Kirovsky District Kolpinsky District Krasnogvardeysky District Krasnoselsky District Kronshtadtsky District Kurortny District Moskovsky District Nevsky District Petrodvortsovy District Petrogradsky District Primorsky District Pushkinsky District Tsentralny District Vasileostrovsky District Vyborgsky District References Notes Sources * See also *Saint Petersburg City Administration {{Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
